Wednesday, March 1
6-9 p.m.
Figure drawing sponsored by the Bates College Museum of Art. Artists should bring drawing board and supplies. Easels provided. Admission: $7 (free for Bates students).
Olin Arts Center, Room 259
7:30 p.m.
Lecture: Eric Mehnert, Maine Democrat running for the U.S. Senate, speaks on a topic TBA. Sponsored by the Bates Democrats.
Benjamin Mays Center
8 p.m.
Service: Busy Life, Peaceful Center: A Weekly Time of Rest for Body and Soul. A non-denominational contemplative time of quiet and candlelight, with poetry and musical performances by members of the campus community. Sponsored by the chaplain’s office. For more information call 207-786-8272.
Bates College Chapel
Thursday, March 2
7 p.m.
Lecture: What Are These Frozen Logs? Mothers, Daughters and the Workings of Memory in the Gulag by Jehanne Gheith, professor of Slavic literatures at Duke University. Sponsored by the Department of German, Russian, and East Asian Languages, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Carnegie Science Hall, Room 204
7:30 p.m. Theater: Hear Our Stories, Know Our Names. Written and performed entirely by Maine homeless people, this drama has toured statewide. Admission is free, but donations benefit Portland’s Preble Street Resource Center and the Economic Justice Program of the Maine Council of Churches. Sponsored by the chaplain’s office and the Hunger and Homelessness Committee. For more information call 207-786-8272.
Chase Hall Lounge
Friday, March 3
8 p.m.
Concert: Pianist Frank Glazer, artist in residence. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Saturday, March 4
8 p.m.
Bates College Concert Series: Music by South American composers performed by classical guitarist Michael Nigro. Admission: $8/$5. For reservations or more information, call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Sunday, March 5
3 p.m.
Concert: Players from the Portland Chamber Music Festival perform Mozart, Kodály and Shostakovich. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Tuesday, March 7
12:30 p.m.
Noonday Concert: Performer to be announced. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Wednesday, March 8
6-9 p.m.
Figure drawing sponsored by the Bates College Museum of Art (see March 1 listing).
Olin Arts Center, Room 259
7 p.m.
Lecture: Revealing the Deep: The 21st-Century Revolution in Ocean Science and Technology by Daniel J. Fornari, director of the Deep Ocean Exploration Institute, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Sponsored by the geology department.
Carnegie Science Hall, Room 204
8 p.m.
Lecture: Third Degree: Why Innocent People Confess by Saul Kassin, professor of psychology, Williams College. Sponsored by the Bates Psychology Club.
Pettengill Hall, Keck Classroom (G52)
8 p.m.
Service: Busy Life, Peaceful Center:A Weekly Time of Rest for Body and Soul (see March 1 listing).
Bates College Chapel
Thursday, March 9
9, 10 and 11 a.m.
Kinderkonzert: Percussion: City Sounds. Portland Symphony Orchestra musicians introduce children ages 3 to 7 to symphonic music and the instrumental families. Admission: $3. For reservations call 207-773-6128.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
4:30 p.m.
Diapers and the Divine: Motherhood as Spiritual Journey by the Rev. Jodi Cohen Hayashida, minister of the First Universalist Church of Auburn. Part of the series Spiritual Journeys: Stories of the Soul 2005–06. Sponsored by the chaplain’s office. For more information call 207-786-8272.
Chase Hall, Skelton Lounge
6 p.m.
Lecture: Video and performance artist Kate Gilmore ’97, 2005 recipient of the New York Foundation of the Arts Fellowship for Performance, discusses her work. Sponsored by the Bates Alums in the Arts Series. For more information call 207-786-6158.
Olin Arts Center, Room 104
7:30 p.m.
Panel discussion: With a topic TBA, the Indigenous Students’ Network at Bates presents a panel of Maine tribal leaders.
Chase Hall Lounge
Friday, March 10
8 p.m.
Contradance: Traditional New England folk dancing to the band Wake the Neighbors. No experience needed; all dances taught and called. Admission: $8/$7. Sponsored by the Freewill Folk Society.
Chase Hall Lounge
8 p.m.
Theater: Popcorn by Ben Elton. Martin Andrucki, Dana Professor of Theater, directs this black comedy about a film director held hostage by killers who blame him for their actions. Admission: $6/$3. For adult audiences only. For more information call 207-786-6161.
Schaeffer Theatre
Saturday, March 11
1 p.m.
Men’s lacrosse vs. Amherst.
Campus Avenue Field
8 p.m.
Concert: Soprano Susan Brownfield, of the applied music faculty, and baritone Aaron Engebreth sing songs by Poulenc, Debussy and Wolf. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
8 p.m.
Theater: Popcorn by Ben Elton (adult audiences only; see March 10 listing).
Schaeffer Theatre
Sunday, March 12
2 p.m.
Theater: Popcorn by Ben Elton (adult audiences only; see March 10 listing).
Schaeffer Theatre
Tuesday, March 14
12:30 p.m.
Noonday Concert: Pianist Frank Glazer, artist in residence. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
4 p.m.
Women’s lacrosse vs. Babson.
Campus Avenue Field
7 p.m.
Men’s lacrosse vs. New England. Campus Avenue Field
8 p.m.
Concert: Music by composition students of William Matthews, Alice Swanson Esty Professor of Music. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Wednesday, March 15
4 p.m.
Men’s lacrosse vs. Mount Ida.
Campus Avenue Field
6-9 p.m.
Figure drawing sponsored by the Bates College Museum of Art (see March 1 listing).
Olin Arts Center, Room 259
7 p.m.
Lecture: Hope for the Perilous Journey Ahead: Engaging the Volatile Mix of Religion and Politics in Christianity, Judaism and Islam by Charles Kimball, an author, Middle East expert and chair of the religion department at Wake Forest University. Reception and book signing follows. The Annual Bertha May Bell Andrews Lecture in Ethics and Education is sponsored by the chaplain’s office. For more information call 207-786-8272.
Edmund S. Muskie Archives
7 p.m.
Women’s lacrosse vs. Southern Maine.
Campus Avenue Field
8 p.m.
Service: Busy Life, Peaceful Center: A Weekly Time of Rest for Body and Soul (see March 1 listing).
Bates College Chapel
Thursday, March 16
4:15 p.m.
Lecture: Francesco Duina, assistant professor of sociology, discusses his book The Social Construction of Free Trade: The European Union, NAFTA and Mercosur. The Faculty Excellence in Scholarship Series is sponsored by the Dean of the Faculty’s Office.
Pettengill Hall, Room G52
Friday, March 17
8 p.m.
Theater: Popcorn by Ben Elton (adult audiences only; see March 10 listing).
Schaeffer Theatre
Saturday, March 18
8 p.m.
Concert: The Bates College Orchestra, directed by Hiroya Miura, performs Barber’s Adagio for Strings, Dvorak’s Serenade No. 2 and Tchaikovsky’s Orchestral Suite No. 4 (“Mozartiana”). For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
8 p.m.
Theater: Popcorn by Ben Elton (adult audiences only; see March 10 listing).
Schaeffer Theatre
Sunday, March 19
2 p.m.
Theater: Popcorn by Ben Elton (adult audiences only; see March 10 listing).
Schaeffer Theatre
Tuesday, March 21
12:30 p.m.
Noonday Concert: Bates voice students. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Wednesday, March 22
6-9 p.m.
Figure drawing sponsored by the Bates College Museum of Art (see March 1 listing).
Olin Arts Center, Room 259
7:30 p.m.
Lecture: Kenneth Starr, independent prosecutor during the Clinton presidency, on a topic TBA. Sponsored by the Bates College Republicans.
Chase Hall Lounge
8 p.m.
Service: Busy Life, Peaceful Center: A Weekly Time of Rest for Body and Soul (see March 1 listing). Bates College Chapel
Friday, March 24
1:30 p.m.
Dance demonstration and workshop: Members of the Cambodian Classics Ensemble (see 8 p.m. listing) open Bates’ annual World Music Weekend, which this year explores Southeast Asian adaptations of the Hindu epic Ramayana. Sponsored by the Freeman Foundation. For more information call 207-753-6968.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
8 p.m.
Performance: Bates’ World Music Weekend continues with the Cambodian Classics Ensemble, an acclaimed group of traditional dancers and musicians based in Washington, D.C., performing scenes from the Raemker, the Cambodian version of the Hindu epic Ramayana. Pre-concert lecture at 7:30 p.m. Sponsored by the Freeman Foundation. For more information call 207-753-6968.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Saturday, March 25
1 p.m.
Men’s lacrosse vs. Wesleyan.
4 p.m.
Performance: World Music Weekend continues with the Bates gamelan orchestra and dancers performing The Abduction of Sita, an episode from the Indonesian version of the Hindu epic Ramayana. Drummer Undang Sumarna and dancer Ben Arcangel are guest artists. For more information call 207-753-6968.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Sunday, March 26
7 p.m.
Concert: For her senior thesis recital, cellist Chelsea Cook is joined by pianist James Parakilas for music by Bach, Schumann and Shostakovich. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Monday, March 27
7 p.m.
Lecture: The Bates Seminar Series on Entrepreneurship presents a speaker TBA. For information call 207-786-6232.
Chase Hall Lounge
Tuesday, March 28
12:30 p.m.
Noonday Concert: Bates voice students. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
6 p.m.
Panel discussion: With a topic TBA, the Indigenous Students’ Network at Bates presents a panel of women who hold leadership positions in indigenous communities.
Chase Hall Lounge
Wednesday, March 29
6-9 p.m.
Figure drawing sponsored by the Bates College Museum of Art (see March 1 listing).
Olin Arts Center, Room 259
7 p.m.
Concert: Bates College Jazz Band, directed by Thomas Snow. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Chase Hall Lounge
8 p.m.
Service: Busy Life, Peaceful Center: A Weekly Time of Rest for Body and Soul (see March 1 listing).
Bates College Chapel
Thursday, March 30
8 p.m.
Concert: Senior thesis performance by Matthew Lambek. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
Friday, March 31
7 p.m.
Opening reception: Senior Thesis Exhibition 2006. For more information call 207-786-6158.
Olin Arts Center, Museum of Art
8 p.m.
Concert: Directed by John Corrie, lecturer in music, the Bates College Choir performs Mozart’s Requiem. Admission is free, but tickets are required. For more information call 207-786-6135.
Olin Arts Center Concert Hall
8 p.m.
Dance performance: The Bates College Modern Dance Company presents the annual Spring Concert of New Works by students and faculty. Admission: $6/$3. For more information call 207-786-6161.
Schaeffer Theatre
